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Trimet restoring 15-minute service; Roosevelt wrestler goes for second state championship in school history: North and NE Portland news

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To Roosevelt High School students, he is “Tonga.” Last year 18-year-old wrestler Semise Kofe — he of Tongan descent — brought a new sense of pride to campus after winning the school’s first-ever wrestling state championship.
(Casey Parks/The Oregonian)

Trimet is restoring 15-minute service to several lines during the week. If you ride the 6, the 8, the 12 or the 75, you will be in luck starting next week. Perhaps the biggest news is Trimet is also bringing 15-minute service back to the No. 4 on weekends. The bus that heads to St. Johns it the city’s busiest line. Joe Rose has all the info.

The King Neighborhood Association reports Ayahun Feseha has applied for a liquor license to bring a sports tavern to 3611 NE MLK, most recently the home of Jeanopoly.

Portland is warning the public to avoid contact with a portion of the Columbia Slough after a sewer main leading to North Portland's Inverness pump station sprung a leak and spilled waste into the waterway. Andre Meunier has the details.

A local filmmaker is trying to raise $40,000 to finish her film “Soar.” The documentary follows Jefferson High School dancer Uriah Boyd and her sister Kiera as they drift away from each other. The film looks like it has it all: family, identity, disability and dance.

SOLVE will join Friends of Overlook Bluff invite to restore oak habitat along the Willamette Bluff on Saturday. They’re looking for volunteers to add more 20'-diameter plots to a field that that includes a 200-year-old Heritage Oregon white oak tree. They’ll also seed native bunch grasses, plant native bare root stock and weed established plots.

The Latino Parent/Student Conference is Saturday at Roosevelt High School, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. The conference is free.

Roosevelt High School senior Semise Tonga Kofe won wrestling regionals last weekend. Can he win state again this weekend? Last year, Semise took home the first state championship in Roosevelt history. For a primer, check out my story from last year.